A sandwich three-point bend specimen for testing mode-I interlaminar fracture toughness for fiber-reinforced composite materials

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-240

  Wang, Qi Zhi ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Energy release rate; Interlaminar fracture toughness; Sandwich three point bend specimen; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; STRESS; TOUGHNESS;

COMPOSITE, FIBRE-REINFORCED; TESTING, FRACTURE;

EID: 0031430581     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007402000862     Document Type: Article

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